Donovan Mitchell scored 16 points and handed out 10 assists, Joe Harris scored 14 and the U.S. defeated Poland 87-74 on Saturday for seventh place at the World Cup.
FINAL: 🇺🇸 USA 87, 🇵🇱 Poland 74@spidadmitchell scores a team-high 16 pts., Joe Harris adds 14 & we close out the #FIBAWC with a win in Beijing!#USAGotGame pic.twitter.com/A1ZXYUJSgD
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) September 14, 2019
I don’t have a witty Team USA comment other than (a) I’d love to know why DeAaron Fox actually left the team late 1 day after playing 6 mins in an exhibition game, and (b) that team REALLY could have used an athletic 2-way point guard who pressured the ball and made shit happen.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 12, 2019
The USA Basketball Men’s National Team, commonly known as the United States men’s national basketball team, is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all eighteen Olympic tournaments it has entered, coming away with fifteen golds.
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